Am 12.06.2017 um 12:03 schrieb Torsten Bögershausen: > Thanks for working on this (and keeping me in cc) > > The commit head line does not fully match my expactions: > "doc: fix location of index in worktree scenatio" > "doc:" is OK, but is the "location of index" fixed ? > Actually something that includes the important stuff: > > "doc" > "fix" > "normalize the line endings" > "worktree scenatio" > > could be more helpful. > > How about this as a header for the commit: > "doc: normalize the line endings in a worktree scenatio" Well, my patch does not document nor enhance the documentation about EOL normalization per se. > On 10/06/17 19:38, Andreas Heiduk wrote: >> When setting `.gitattributes` in a second worktree, a plain `rm >> .git/index` >> does not actually delete the index. > This feels somewhat short. setting .gitattributes is (in general) > independent of the index. > In normalizing line endings case the user needs to do both, fix > attribiutes, and re-read the work tree, discarding the index. > > How about this: > > When line endings are normalized in a second worktree, a plain `rm > .git/index` > does not actually delete the index. > Fix a long standing bug in the documentaton and use "git read-tree > --empty" instead- Before `git worktree` the description was correct. So what about this subject and body: ---- doc: fix location of index while normalizing EOLs When line endings are normalized in a second worktree, a plain `rm .git/index` does not actually delete the index. Fix the documentation by using `git read-tree --empty` instead. ----